Leonardo Sparascio is a PhD student at the "Toso Montanari" Department of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna, having won a research grant with the theme "Life Cycle Assessment Applied to Energy Storage Devices and Materials," linked to the MIAMI project (Innovative Materials for Hybrid Storage Systems).
In July 2022, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna, with a thesis titled "Investigation on types, transport, distribution, and characterization of atmospheric microplastics" (Supervisor: Prof. Elena Bernardi).
In October 2024, he completed his Master’s degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna with a thesis titled "Recycling of NdFeB magnets from electric motors: characterization of fractions obtained from industrial treatment and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of Rare Earth Oxides (REO)" (Supervisor: Prof. Daniele Cespi; Co-supervisors: Prof. Fabrizio Passarini, Prof. Ivano Vassura, Dr. Gianluca Torta).
His research focuses on the separation and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical raw materials from end-of-life products, as well as on assessing the impacts of chemical processes through the application of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology.
